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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. By the time Margolius is arrested, about how many other citizens had been arrested?
(a) Ten thousand.
(b) Fifty thousand.
(c) Seven hundred.
(d) One thousand.

2. At what point does the staff at the hospital Kovály is admitted to stop giving her good treatment?
(a) When it becomes clear she has no money.
(b) After Kovály loses her temper with a nurse.
(c) When they find out her husband has been arrested.
(d) When the hospital becomes over-crowded with patients.

3. Why do guards stop Kovály at the border when she tries to leave Czechoslovakia?
(a) She is a wanted fugitive.
(b) No one is allowed to cross the borders.
(c) Her photograph does not resemble her aged face.
(d) She does not have the right paperwork.

4. What does the Party tell Kovály they refused to do in regards to Margolius?
(a) Publicly acknowledge his guilt.
(b) Publicly acknowledge his innocence.
(c) Publicly acknowledge his existence.
(d) Publicly acknowledge his experience as a prisoner.

5. After Margolius' verdict is announced, who arranges for Ivan to stay in the country a bit longer?
(a) Mrs. Machova.
(b) Pavel Eisner.
(c) Pavel Kovály.
(d) Merenka.

Short Answer Questions

1. In what year is Kovály summoned to appear before a party committee?

2. What happens politically in the spring of 1968?

3. Who dies just six months after Margolius' death?

4. Who is favored by Communist propaganda?

5. What is Bartos able to do in order to help Kovály?

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